Youku Recognizes "100 Million Views" Club at Gala Event
English translated news on youku site *Only ruby's part*

BEIJING, Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Youku Inc. (NYSE: YOKU), China's leading Internet television company, hosted its Youku Index Awards Gala in Beijing tonight to celebrate the stars and television and film titles most popular with Internet viewers this year. The award winners were selected by perhaps the most authoritative panel of judges ever assembled -- Youku's 300 million viewers.

"Youku Index is the most comprehensive system so far for tracking Internet video ratings in China," Youku chief editor Sunny Xiangyang Zhu said in his remarks at the event. "By applying fine-grained analysis to the data generated by our 300 million viewers, Youku Index enables the Company to gain a detailed picture of what Chinese web audiences respond to. When we talk about 'China's leading actress' or 'China's top television serial drama' at tonight's event, we've got a vast ocean of data to back up these nominations."

'Princess' was named the year's most-viewed television serial drama, with 657 million views. Ruby Lin Hsin-ju, the lead actress in the series, was recognized at the Youku Index Awards Gala as Best Producer and Best Actress (Non-Mainland).